Union: Hawaii prison guards overworked, scared amid outbreak December 18, 2020 GMT HONOLULU (AP) — A union representing more than 300 employees at Hawaii’s largest prison said the state is not doing enough to combat a coronavirus outbreak at the facility. Union Public Workers Administrator Liz Ho said Wednesday that employees at the Halawa Correctional Facility on Oahu have been working under hazardous conditions and have had to work up to 36-hour shifts because of understaffing, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported. ADVERTISEMENT “They’re stressed, they’re overwhelmed and they’re scared,” Ho said. “Every day they go to work afraid to contract COVID-19 and bring it home to their families.”